Gadgetory

it's like the more money we come across the more gadgets we can buy I'm Bridget Carey and this is your CNET update the new iPhone is said to come out next month analysts are predicting that Apple could sell as many as 10 million iPhones and there have been all sorts of leaked reports that it'll hit stores September 21st so if you're the kind of person that plans your vacation days around an iPhone release that also means you should be planning on getting trading money for that older model sites like eBay next Worth and gazelle are reporting that they're already seen a huge increase and people trying to sell now to get the most money but you don't want to go around for a month without a phone so what do you do besides sticking a SIM card in an old phone here's a buy back tip that may help because L will honor a price for 30 days after you get a quote you just have to get it in the mail by the 30th day so if you grab the price offered a month ahead by say around August 23rd it's a good bet you could hold on to your iPhone until the last minute before shipping it I spoke with gazelles chief gadget officer and he's been suggesting people lack in the price as soon as they can an iPhone 4s 16 gig will pay two hundred and seventy seven dollars now but on iPhone launch day it's likely that that offer could drop to one hundred bucks as more people want to ditch the old model so keep that in mind - for trading and other gadgets if you get a 30 day guarantee just get a quote as soon as possible but no need to wait for top-rated tablets Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet goes on sale Thursday and prices start at $500 for 16 gigs of storage the big feature here is its pressure sensitive S Pen Stylus and compatible apps it might be a tablet students should consider if a stylus is your preferred method of taking notes CNET editors called it the best Samsung tablet yet get ready for more advertisements on Facebook sponsored stories are showing up in your news feed both on the desktop and from mobile more people are viewing Facebook from their phones but there wasn't a way to serve ads and make money off mobile users until now the Curiosity rover could start driving around Mars in the next week it's a slow process to test all the moving parts of the rover they don't even give the arms stretch until after they test driving but they've got time this is a two-year mission and today we're keeping an eye on the app called rap it's a relatively new app that lets you send free gift cards to your Facebook friends well it's been busy adding more gift card options it just announced deals with Dockers Office Depot Zappos and roots it's also featuring gift cards for an angry bird shop test it out first on close friends and family to see how it works I'm sure they won't mind getting 5 or $10 for free that's your tech news update from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey